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By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SHELBURNE FALLS — A Shelburne Falls playwright is developing a play about the life of an emergency management coordinator during a global pandemic, and is looking for audience feedback.Two free readings of “How to Fold a Fitted Sheet and Other...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — More than $100,000 was stolen from the “ATM Tree” in the Big Y plaza early Friday morning in a robbery that Police Chief Todd Dodge said was likely not performed by amateurs.“We can expect at this point that the individuals who were...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — The Planning Board is recommending a pair of zoning ordinance amendments that, if passed by City Council, would bring the city’s accessory dwelling unit (ADU) bylaws in line with a new state law and eliminate the cap on the number of...

By KARL MEYER

On Oct. 10, Tim Jones, acting director of the state Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Waterways and Wetlands, presided over an “information” session in Turners Falls to field a skeptical public’s questions about its 401 Water...

Tuesday, Nov. 12 10:12 a.m. — Hazardous conditions reported at Colrain Road and Brook Road. Services rendered.4:57 p.m. — Larceny reported on Pray Drive. Services rendered.8:51 p.m. — Disturbance reported at Sudzway Laundromat son Federal Street....

By DANIEL CANTOR YALOWITZ

Upheaval. Chaos, confusion. Radical change. The “New World Order.” The “new normal? However we frame it, we are in turbulent times — and are headed for more of the same.Do we need to adjust to it? Or do we make the changes needed to maintain our...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Officials are unsure whether a citizen’s petition, which proposes the city adopt an ordinance instituting a special permit requirement to possess a rooster in the suburban and urban residential districts, contradicts the city’s...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Six months after television and film producer Essie Chambers’ debut novel “Swift River” was published, it has been recognized with a series of accolades, including its recent receipt of the Barnes & Noble’s Discover Prize, inclusion on...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — Between hiking, biking, skiing and more, there is a lot of fun to be had in the great outdoors, and sometimes, you can find a career there, too. Greenfield Community College held its annual Outdoor Industry Job Fair on Thursday,...

By ALLEN WOODS

I was blessed to celebrate what many think of as a “traditional” Thanksgiving: we ate turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and gravy, pumpkin pie and lots more, resulting in a few naps afterwards in front of the TV football game. Our...

In the Dec. 4 Recorder, a letter writer states that the presidential election was an “Electoral College landslide” [“Looking forward to Trump at the helm”]. This claim has been repeated many times, along with claims of the president-elect having a...

My U.S. Navy continues to be overstretched across the oceans of the world against our potential enemies of China, North Korea, Russia and Iran.Our 11 carrier strike groups should be deploying for about six months at a time, but are now deploying to...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — To ring in the holiday season, downtown Greenfield came to life with songs, shopping and the lighting of a Christmas tree during the first night of the 11th annual Jingle Fest on Friday evening.The Franklin Community Co-op served hot...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Ten exemplary students from across Franklin County and North Quabbin region were recognized Thursday night during the Franklin County Area Superintendents’ Association’s annual awards dinner at Franklin County Technical School.These...

By AMALIA WOMPA

GREENFIELD — What began as just a few friends playing at the Green River Swimming and Recreation Area has turned into an inter-generational group of ultimate Frisbee players who meet, rain or shine, at the Greenfield Community College fields on a...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — After decades working out of a satellite office on Federal Street, Community Legal Aid has found a new home in downtown Greenfield.Community Legal Aid, which provides free civil legal services to low-income and elderly residents in...

By ALEXA LEWIS

Transit services are set to expand throughout the region next year, with more than $3 million in state grants awarded to transit authorities in the Pioneer Valley and surrounding areas to improve connections across routes.These expansions come as part...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — Backed by a federal grant, the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) is in the process of developing its own Road Safety Action Plan to serve as a guide for future traffic safety investments.To inform the plan’s creation,...

By CHRIS LARABEE

GREENFIELD — More products and facility upgrades will be coming to the Western Massachusetts Food Processing Center, as the Franklin County Community Development Corporation has reeled in two separate grants.The Franklin County CDC was awarded a...